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05/08/13, 09:57 AM
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Deadly Giant Snail found in Houston
Good grief, now we have poisonous snails running around loose.
"Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it.
The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly. "They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death," Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston affiliate KPRC."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017024/posts
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05/08/13, 10:01 AM
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Well I'm not so sure I'd saying snails are "running around" but I do get your point.  Wonder how big "huge" is. I guess since it's a snail it's relative but what-like a foot or so in size?
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05/08/13, 10:07 AM
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I have been looking for a large edible snail to make escargogantuan. This one may not work. For the time being, I will just keep enjoying butter and garlic.
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05/08/13, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by PrettyPaisley
Well I'm not so sure I'd saying snails are "running around" but I do get your point. Wonder how big "huge" is. I guess since it's a snail it's relative but what-like a foot or so in size? |
Nah, big ones are the size of your hand. Florida has had them for years.
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05/08/13, 10:28 AM
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05/08/13, 10:33 AM
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That's a lot of butter and garlic, but OK.
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05/08/13, 11:44 AM
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I love the press (sarcasm).
This snail is not deadly, it is a potential carrier of meningitis. Many things can be carriers, including every cute coed I knew in college. Meningitis spreads like fire on college campuses.
I guess sensationalism worked since people are clicking the story, page views will go up, and so will advertising revenue.
Such is modern "journalism". No offense meant to OP btw.
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05/08/13, 01:48 PM
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Proper cooking kills any of the bad stuff.....Two would make a pretty decent snack/meal.
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05/08/13, 02:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PrettyPaisley
Well I'm not so sure I'd saying snails are "running around" but I do get your point. Wonder how big "huge" is. I guess since it's a snail it's relative but what-like a foot or so in size? |
Yes. I was reading a bunch of science articles about them last night. The big ones do get to about a foot in length. They're from Africa and the ones in Nigeria have such tough shells that they slice through and flatten the tires of cars that run over them. There isn't anything they won't eat, including concrete and stucco, all plants and small animals and birds and any dead carrion they can find.
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05/08/13, 03:44 PM
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If you ever encounter one, run fast. Very fast. Alternately, make sure the garlic and butter is 160 degrees.
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05/08/13, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ninny
Good grief, now we have poisonous snails running around loose.
"Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it.
The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly. "They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death," Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston affiliate KPRC."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017024/posts
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Not poisonous. They just carry disease organisms that will die when you cook them.
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05/08/13, 06:45 PM
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HOUSTON?!!! We have a problem . . . .
We're going to need a BIGGER frying pan . . .
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05/08/13, 07:11 PM
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The monitors I keep routinely eat those giant land snails in the wild. And I agree, they are not poisonous, they MAY carry a disease.
If an animal that may be harboring a disease = poisonous deadly animal, then every single creature we routinely keep on farms and homes is a poisonous deadly animal.
They are a pest. They've been in south florida for a long long time, the media must just have had a slow news day to pick up on that fact 'suddenly'.
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05/08/13, 07:21 PM
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"The Snail That Ate Houston" Love it. Roger Corman, take notice. A little Jaws music, a bunch of slime, this could be epic!
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05/09/13, 01:50 AM
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This is funny, but not funny at the same time. Invasive species can really screw up an area.
Like my mom always says, "it's always fun and games until somebody loses their garden to some critter that ain't supposed to be there." Or something like that.
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05/09/13, 06:19 AM
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I won't want that in my Garden!!
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05/10/13, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Wind in Her Hair
this is a picture of one
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05/10/13, 08:47 AM
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Darn. That's not nearly as much fun. :P
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05/10/13, 09:37 AM
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Hey- another food source if cooked well. I wonder how they breed in captivity? Giant Snail Farms? - This needs to be cross-posted in the Survival and Emergency Preparedness Forum
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